Is it legal to pursue MS in US and in parallel do job?

You can do your job until you reach usa

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In home country you can do. Even if you come here then also remotely you can work for patrol outside US. On F1 , you can do only jobs in university campus See more

@sneha-25 I do not hold any US visa right now but I will be applying for F1 visa soon. Currently, the college where I have received the admit has allowed students to start with online classes and get an F1 visa by the end of October 2020. Until then, am I allowed to parallel do a software job in my home country. It's like I will be remotely doing MS from a US university and in parallel work in my ... See more

Absolutely, you can do that if you have valid work visa. In that case, you can’t be on F1